More than 30 years have passed since the last time that an Orioles player was the winner of one of the “Big Three” writer-voted awards - Rookie of the Year, Cy Young, and Most Valuable Player. This streak has an excellent chance of being broken this year. Gunnar Henderson was announced as a finalist for ROY on Monday night.
As a reminder, MLB labeling players as finalists just means that they are announcing the top three vote-getters of already-concluded balloting for each of these awards. There is no further balloting among the finalists. Each award is voted on by two BBWAA members per league city.